Nurses and Relationships: Cooperation is Key!

Relationships between nurses are impacted by multiple factors, including stress, workloads, personalities, as well as the "culture" of the institution where those nurses are employed. What can nurses do to enhance their relationships at work, especially when it comes to cooperation?First, we need to agree that relationships at work matter. It's often said that it's possible to spend more time with your coworkers than with your own spouse or family, and that can sometimes actually be the case. While I'm not a big proponent of work-based friendships that entail a great deal of socializing outside of work (stay tuned for another post on that thorny subject), I feel that your relationships with your colleagues are paramount in terms of your satisfaction in your chosen career path.That said, learning to work in a manner that is cooperative, mutually beneficial and positive for all concerned is absolutely key to career satisfaction, health, and even patient outcomes.The Spirit of Cooperation One way that nurses can really nurture their relationships with one another is to engage in the spirit of cooperation, support and mutual positive regard. We all know how hard our jobs can be, and many of us are familiar with the awful feeling when bad vibes are directed our way by a fellow nurse--or even a group of nurses. The nursing profession appears to be overrun with stories of bullying (also known as horizontal or lateral violence), intimidation, the "eating of our young", and back-bitin...
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